Today's mini organizational challenge: get right with your jeans drawer

April

I am committing to sorting through my jeans today -- figuring out exactly what I have, what I need, and what I need to get rid of.

As they say in AA, it will be a searching and fearless moral inventory (without the "moral" part).

Who's with me?

I know that Angie's jeans wardrobe is perpetually up-to-date and relentlessly organized; this challenge is for we mere mortals.

8 years ago

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April

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mispost

8 years ago

Suz

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Why mispost, April?

I think it's a great challenge and I applaud you.

My jeans could definitely use a bit of sorting. I have tried to keep up to date each season, but there are a few pairs that I'm not wearing and I really ought to evaluate again if I should keep or perhaps put into storage for a while.

8 years ago

RoseandJoan

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I need to do this April, I'm in. I need a keep, donate and turn into shorts pile.

8 years ago

Windchime

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I'm glad you misposted! Challenge accepted.

I need daily mini organizational challenges.

8 years ago

Angie

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Good to hear, April. Keep us posted.

YES. My denim capsule is up-to-date and organized! I just managed to fill the holes last week. (Cropped white straights, and got two pairs). I am SORTED for the year with blue and white jeans.

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8 years ago

Diana

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I need to do this. Maybe a good snow day activity today!

8 years ago

Anonymous

Yeah - why is it a mispost? I'm in. Mine are a mess of too many different sizes and same styles . Do you all fold your jeans, or hang them? Or what? I find they take up a fair bit of room.....

8 years ago

milehighstyle (Linda)

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Great idea - I've had a stack of jeans set aside for several weeks that I need to go through and decide if I want to keep. I have plenty that I KNOW I'm keeping but most of these others are the bootcuts from several years ago that I haven't worn in quite awhile - I know they are back in style but I'm slow to adapt. And even if I do want to go back to wearing them, I probably don't need 10 of them.

8 years ago

rachylou

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Mispost is I think the mispost post, not the lead post. That's what I do anyways when I get a double post - delete the content and replace it with an error message.

And I'm too chicken to look at my jeans. I've done it before, and no matter how many pairs of black jeans I give away, there are always five there when next I look... Haha!

8 years ago

Janet

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Wow, how timely! When I was getting dressed this morning, I thought about doing a jeans review and edit. I think there might be a couple of pairs that can go. I'd love to read about everyone's experiences in this exercise!

8 years ago

ALeigh

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I own only second hand jeans. 6 pairs. All the same blue but various fits and I hate it. Unfortunately, I will need to move out before my mother will allow me to buy or wear anything else!

My issue is more with leggings than jeans, since they're allowable in my mother's book but they're so cheap but comfy I always end up buying more whenever I chuck any away! Oops.

8 years ago

Staysfit

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Good idea. I have too many and it's time to look at them with a critical eye. Maybe I can cut off a pair and create ankle crops.

8 years ago

April

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Rachylou has my number -- the original post was genuine. The second one was meant for a different thread, but YLF doesn't let you just delete it and go on your way, you have to enter something, hence "mispost."

Would have been less confusing had I chosen something like, "Have at it, ladies!"

BTW, my jeans drawer was only about a five-minute project, because I just moved and so my entire wardrobe got de-junked and there was not a lot of backlog to deal with. It was just a mess, and I did not have a true sense of exactly what was in there.

Now I do. How about you? Was it a bigger project than you thought it would be, smaller, or about what you imagined?

8 years ago

Keix

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I find it hard enough to buy jeans, and I wear them frequently enough (often 7 days a week this winter), that I'm loath to purge many pairs. I did finally retire one pair of AG colored skinnies, and I demoted a second pair that's starting to fade to "dryer-friendly" status. I'd like to add a pair of cropped straights for summer, and I'm perpetually looking for the perfect black jeans.

8 years ago

Lyn D.

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Mine are sorted, I line them up in a metal basket on the shelf above my hanging space. I can see each pair clearly which is very handy!

8 years ago

April

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I folded mine so that the size and brand of each pair are visible when you open the drawer.

I'm pleased to say that I don't currently have any jeans that I'm "waiting to fit into again" or that I'm "holding onto until they come back in style." I had already ditched all my boyfriend jeans because I hate wearing belts in belt loops (decorative belts are okay), so that helped diminish the organizational challenge. Everything I have is wearable and current right now.

I also took everything out of that drawer that wasn't specifically jeans. I had, mixed in there with the jeans, ponte pants and leggings -- hence the perpetual jumble. Moved the leggings to an open shelf, and moved the pontes to hangers. Problem solved. It's always better, when practical, to have just one category of item assigned to a space. I'm not sure why, it just is.

My new, large walk-in closet is fantastic in its way, but it is weirdly short on rod space to hang things, and weirdly generous on open shelving. My default used to be to hang just about everything, including tee shirts, because I am not talented at folding and my drawers are a rooted-through mess. Now I don't have the space for that method, and so must rethink my clothing storage habits.

What did you learn in sorting through your jeans?

8 years ago

Anonymous

I'm procrastinating and living vicariously through the rest of you instead.

8 years ago

Diana

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Ok. Just did this. I only got rid of one pair, which is actually a duplicate and is sprouting holes. Everything else is in good condition and still fits (sigh of relief...)

I also took an inventory while I was at it.

--1 jegging-charcoal
--4 super skinny -black, charcoal, dk blue, dk blue brocade (not technically jeans but I'm counting them since they fiction as jeans, effectively)
--2 skinny-med blue, crazy Liberty teal print
--2 slouchy skinny-light blue, grey
--3 straight - dk blue, faded black, + one hacked off pair of dk blue pseudo-kick crops, which I'd like to replace w/real ones. The black ones are getting too faded in awkward places and I am thinking about replacing them.
--3 BF-dk, med, lt blue
--2 bootcut/flare - med and dk blues (the latter is hemmed for really tall shoes - should prob shorten them)

I think I want some real kick crop jeans this spring, and maybe another bootcut, provided I can find some that aren't too high rise. I'd also like an inky black pair, maybe a cropped slim straight or slouchy skinny.

8 years ago

April

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I'm sure it's a serious character flaw, but I love hearing about other people's closet-clearing experiences. I love helping with closet clearing, I love reading about how to do it, and I love firsthand stories about it.

C'mon, everyone has one closet, or one area of their clothes closet, that's driving them crazy. Well, everyone but Angie...

Fine, Mrs. Cox, be that way, but the rest of us have a closet that needs a little help.

8 years ago

Brooklyn

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I have a pair of "baby" boot cuts that I haven't worn for years. I have just had them cropped so they are "baby" kick flares. I think it has worked! Don't tell Angie but I also have a pair of straight leg white jeans that I don't get enough wear out of because they don't suit my lifestyle. (I have a big boofy dog, nuff said.) I have thought about cropping them but I think I will hack them to shorts length instead. At least if they are above my knees the said boofy dog won't be able to brush against them all the time.
And LOL about Rachy's comment on black jeans. I have the same problem.

8 years ago

Laura (rhubarbgirl)

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Not too long ago I shifted my jeans around: I had been folding them in a drawer, and I switched to hanging them in the closet in those multi-pant hangers that BB&B sells. I got several, so I could organize by category. I've got one for skinnies, one for flares/bootcuts, I think two for straights, and right now one for non-denim (cords and ponte). When it gets warmer I'll swap that last one out for crops.

milehighstyle/Linda, I'm having the same problem: I'd had some jeans in the 'a little too snug right now' pile that now fit, which is great, except for the fact that 90% of them are 5+ year old bootcuts. Still in great shape, but do I really need that many of them?

8 years ago

anne

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Well done April. I don't need to do mine because I know what I have
2 skinnies - one dark blue, one maroon
2 bootcuts - one for heels one non
1 straightleg pair - now often wore cuffed. A little tight in the waist, but only a kilo or so off fitting so worth keeping!

I am not an everyday jeans wearer, as you can tell! For that reason I suspect I won't be doing the cropped jeans thing.

I have more drawer space than hanging, but prefer hanging if possible

8 years ago

Sal

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Mmm - my jeans collection is pretty lean.

Two pairs cropped skinnies - identical, blue
One pair black skinnies
One pair mid blue straights - rolled, nice cut, but a little stretched out. Not worth altering, but I still like them.
One pair blue slim boyfriends - worn/ripped due to use - not my favourite but every now and again I like to wear them.

I have not worn any for a couple of months as I mostly avoid denim in summer as it is too hot and I wear it so much from March - November. December/January/February I try and thrash the summer pieces!!

I have some dark blue flares that arrived on Saturday - think I am truly between sizes and returning both

So my shopping list is:
- darker blue flares
- ecru/cream straight crops if such a thing exists here

8 years ago

April

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Reading this thread has made me wonder where the heck my white jeans are?

Did I put them away in the little closet (don't hate me, but my walk-in has a closet inside it -- crazy, right?) with my swimsuits and other summer items?

Did my movers use them to wipe motor oil from their hands, then pitch the evidence off the George Washington Bridge?

My mission for today: find the white jeans. Assess whether they still fit and still look current. Put them in the jeans drawer where they belong.

8 years ago

Style Fan

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Timely. I have 3 pairs of jeans with me. I wore out one pair. I really need a new pair. Armed with the list of jeans that fit curvy women I hit the stores yesterday. Tried on lots. Came home with zero new jeans.
I may start a post pleading for help.
I have 3 pairs of jeans. All blue denim. 2 dark and 1 faded distressed.
I hang my jeans.

1/ Citizens of Humanity. Straight legged. Dark Denim. Wore out in areas now.

2/ Paige. Skinnies. Not too tight. High waisted. Okay but bagged out too much. Dark denim.

3/ Fidelity. Relaxed Skinnies. Sort of like a BF. Distressed. Love.

C of H fit me perfectly. Perhaps I should order another pair on line.

8 years ago

Helena

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I love a good organizational challenge !

8 years ago

Joy

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I'll take the challenge as I really need to do this. I changed jeans 3 times yesterday and still was not happy with the result.

8 years ago

Active Member

I am hesitant to ditch jeans, it's my one constant clothing item. Also just recently I dug out a pair of jeggings - I thought they were a mistake and hid them in the back - however, this winter they somehow made it back out and I am wearing them every week. Go figure... Ah, but I do have a pair of jeans that are definitely a dud, very unflattering, don't know what I was thinking. Yes, I can get rid of those easily!

8 years ago

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Also couldn't help mentioning/asking (rhetorically) - how do you guys wear white pants/jeans? I have a pair and every single time by the end of the day I manage to get them too dirty. I'm sure I do that to all my jeans, but white ones show it immediately! I am forever accidentally wiping a car with my butt or dropping some food on myself, so maybe I should just get rid of these white jeans as well, I am a menace to them

8 years ago

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